Flat wire belt or rope.



PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

J. KAST.' PLAT W'IEE BELT 0E EoPE.

APPLICATION I'ILED JAN.17,1906.

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JACOB KAST, OE EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TOROBERT A. -HAMMOND, 0F SANDWICH, MASSACHUSETTS.

A FLAT wine BKLT on ROPE.

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Be it 'known-that I, JACOB KAST, a citizen of the United States, residin at East Boston, in the county of Suffolk an State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Im-v provements in Flat Wire Belts or Ropes, of which the followin is a specication. The object ol thls invention is to 'rovide a flat belt or ro e which may be used or any of the urposes or which rope or belting isnowuse and which shall possess great strength` and frictional Capacity against slipping, and which shall be very durable and strong in its Construction and adapted to be'used without injury or deterioration in places where it is .liable to become wet. y

The object of the invention is, further, to provide a ilat belt which is very flexible and convenient to handle and which, while possessing the characteristic of great frictional capacity, is so constructed that the diierent osed are firmly held with relation one to t e other, so that rubbing or chang of one strand upon another which would result in the wearing out oi said strands and causing the belt to become broken.

The invention consists in a iiat belt or rope composed of a series of strands extending longitudinally thereof and two strands interwoven with said lon itudinal strands which extend across said be t and across each other alternately in opposite directions, these transverse or cross strands serving to hold the longitudinal strands-iirmly xed in relation one to the other. Said longitudinal strands are divided into two sets, and all of the strands of one of said sets extend across and outside said cross-strands on one face of said belt and all of the strandsof the other of said sets extend across and outside said cross-strands on the other face of said rope or belt.

While my improved belt may be formed of any kind of fibrous material, suchas hemp, I

prefer to construct the same of wire strands, each of said strands bein composed of a series of wires twisted tig tly together, and said strands being each covered with a twisted strand of hemp or other iibrous material which is served around the sameto form an outer elastic covering therefor. l

In the drawings my improved ilat belt or rope is illustrated as formed of strands con-A structed as hereinbefore described, both the Bpecication of Letters Qatent. Application filed I 1111115?! 17, 190B. Serlnl lo. 296,433.

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longitudinal -strands and the transverse strands being of the same construction. This forms the stro est and most durable construction for a be t of the character set forth; but it would be possible to use a belt constructed with longitudinal strands of wire covered with fibrous material served around the same, while the transverse or! locking strands could be made. of hemp or other fibrous material without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion -of a fiat rope embodying `my' invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section,partlyin elevation, taken on line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section, partlyin elevation, taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Like out the several views of the drawings,

the drawings, 5 is a piece of flat wire rope or belt consisting of a plurality of strands 6 6 6 7 7, extending longitudinally of said belt,each of said strands being composed of a lurality of wires 8, which are twisted tigegtoether, after which the wire strand so forme is.irmly and closely wound or wrapped in one direction byserving it with a single twisted strand 9 of hemp or other suitable fibrous material, preferably tarred, to prevent rust or corrosion, which forms a soft or elastic outer covering or'cushion for numerals refer to-like parts throughthe said wire strand and also serves to prop or under each other respectively, thus firmly uniting and tying the longitudinal strands 6 6 and 7 7 together and preventing the same from spreading laterally, the resulting structure being a very strong durable resilient structure which possesses great frictional capacity and durability and which is also practically impervious to water, so that the IOO Ation with shippingv in anyof the various said cross-strands on one face of said sanie may be used 'out of doors or in connecforms in which such afdeince would be used extending across and outside said cross' strands on the other face of said rope.

2. A flat rope or belt consisting of two sets of longitudinal strands and two strands incrossingsaid rope and each other alternately in opposite directions, all of the strands Y of-said sets extendir across and outside said cross-strands on one ace of said rope and al1 of other face of said rope, all of the strands of each of said' sets respectively, crossing from one face to the other ofisald/ropebetwee'n each crossing of said cross-strands.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set ik my handin presence of twoy subscribing witnesses. f c

v JACOB Witnesses: i

CHARLES S. GooDlNG,

WILLIAM A. Wma.'V

of one v terwoven with said longitudinal strands and' zo the strands of the other of said sets extending 25 across and outside said cross-strands on the 

